Friday, August 30, 2013

These are the notes I recorded on my phone during the shows. In some cases, I added my tweets from that night.

The
usual caveats apply: I am not a music critic, I don't pretend to be. I
likes what I like. These are my opinions only, worth what you paid. If you are a thin-skinned band member, you should think twice before proceeding. You have been warned.
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1/25/13 trees
Home by Hovercraft. Absolute genius. Short set. It's so amazing, how happy of a place they take me to. So thankful

Low dark hills.
Good, mellow shit. But boring, in the end. Wall of sound, but audience
lost. Medium tempo strumming, never rock out

Quiet
company. GodDAM! Love Quiet Company
- so great, such energy. Been a fan since 2007. Still blow me away,
every time. Touching tribute to his wife, dancing in front of her. Red
trombone. Quit their full time jobs. Re-recorded shine honesty.

Shannon
& the clams. Ick. Complete copy of 60s rock, no unique take on
it. Hated it. Josh & Jessica loved it. So curious - why are most of the folks into them under 5.5',
(both male and female)? Sociologists, discuss

Mikal Cronin. Meh, not my thing

7/12 Granada
Dark
rooms. First 2 songs kicked ass, downhill all the way after that.
Audience bored to tears. Needs to learn how to pace. Too much recorded
shit for my taste. Couldn't hear Lisa bonet's backup vox (again).

Seryn. Glorious. Harmonies a bit repetitive, same intervals over
& over, but still good.

8/7 prophet bar
Dovetail.
All wearing stupid-ass hats. Long stringy hair. Backup singer axl rose wannabe.
Harmonies horrible at times, painful. Pontificating about the future of our
children. "It'll get u down!!" Awful rendition of I shall be released, led
by key player. Horrible. Way more Americana than I remembered.

Luna
arcade. Lead not playing anything, never a good sign, stupid headband. "Caught in a cross.
fire. The flames of my de. sire". Awful 80s rock. Horrible.

These are the notes I recorded on my phone during the shows. In some cases, I added my tweets from that night.

The
usual caveats apply: I am not a music critic, I don't pretend to be. I
likes what I like. These are my opinions only, worth what you paid. If you are a thin-skinned band member, you should think twice before proceeding. You have been warned.
__________________________________________________________________ 1/7/12 prophet bar
Lions
in the lawn. Four man, all guitar. Shorty
bald lead. Scrambled to bring out new guitar half way thru song, dono
why. Givin' it their all, gawd bless em, but
suffering from 'Only girlfriends of bandmembers are interested' disease

Relo. Fourman, all guitar. Decent.

Darstar. Good-timey rock.

Sealion's lead - a bearded, bespectacled version of Thom Yorke, complete
with the 'I don't give a fuck about the audience' attitude. Yay, us. Great, tho

Air Review, givin' it their all, but failing to get this comatose crowd movin'. Sad.

Mon Julien: kinda like BTD, Part Deux. Same cocky frontman, with the same kick-ass voice. Dug it

2/10 Prophet bar
Dr
seahorse. 2 dudes. One dude singing, with striped gloves, other dude in
keys, drums. Too Souly for me, but gawd bless em for their effort. Except for the cover of 'man in the mirror', fuck that

5/19 dada
We're not dudes. Young girls. Funny. Highest MILF count of any show I've EVER been to. Unreal.

Home by hovercraft. Crazy ass shit, an Irish clogger as one of the principal instruments. Makes me giggle. Totally dug it.

Daniel Hart. Boooring

The
Colurs. The presence of >4 music stands on stage? Not a good
sign, but we'll see. Not sure if they're playing tonight, or rehearsing
for a show tomorrow. Jeezusfuckinchrist, play already. Violins, cellos
on stage. Lounge music. Oh no, no, no. No *conducting* of the string
players allowed, under any circumstances. Even for a Denton band.

Bizarro. Last time I saw Plants & Animals, they were bringin the
house down, opening for Frightened Rabbit. Tonight they played for 15 people...

6/1 lumineers at good records.
Short, stripped-down set. Boring, waste of time

6/2La Grange
The Cush. Seen 'em many times, just can't get into it.

Laura Stevenson - vox too whiny, compared
to the stuff i heard on the web.

Chelsea Wolfe - took
herself too seriously, "I just wanna get off the stage",
black & white dress. Too goth & serious for me, saw Sean
there. Swear to gawd, I'm the only one at this show not wearing black

These are the notes I recorded on my phone during the shows. In some cases, I added my tweets from that night.

The usual caveats apply: I am not a music critic, I don't pretend to be. I likes what I like. These are my opinions only, worth what you paid. If you are a thin-skinned band member, you should think twice before proceeding. You have been warned.
__________________________________________________________________ Haileys 4/10/11
Two
knights. One guitar, drums. Oh yeah, love that two-hands-on-the-fret
shit. Young, angry, enjoyable

Babar. No vox. Just math rock tapping. Blech. Don't get it. "This song is called x and is about this", then 3 minutes with no words. Giggle.

Manned missiles. Great rock. Tried not to hold their drunk-ass fans against them.

The Cush (Ft Worth) was up first. Slow, trippy, twangy at times, nice harmonies. But ultimately? A tad boring. I swear the bass player used only one string the entire set.

Record Hop (Denton) was up next. Been way too long since I've seen them. Awesome as usual.

Heartless Bastards (Cincinnati) - loved these guys when I caught them nearly two years ago at Hailey's. Played mostly new tunes that I didn't know, so I didn't enjoy it as much. I'm no expert or nuthin', but I think you gotta mix some oldies in with the new, to keep the audience energized & singin' along.